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Skeletal System
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1. The breastbone; a series of rodlike bones called sternebrae that form the floor of the thorax.
Temporomandibular Joint
Sternum
Antebrachium
Ethmoid Sinus
2. The microscopic - laminated cylinders of bone that make up compact bone. Oriented lengthwise in a long bone - these consist of a central haversian canal surrounded by concentric layers of bone. Osteocytes in their lacunae are present at the junctions
Red Bone Marrow
Tarsus
Haversian System
Facet
3. Heavy - dense bone made up of tiny - tightly compacted - laminated cylinders of bone called haversian systems; makes up the shafts (diaphysis) of long bones and the outer surfaces of all bones.
Ethmoid Bone
Compact Bone
Sternebra
Zygomatic Bones
4. The bones of the skull that surround the brain. External bones: the occipital bone - the interparietal bones - the parietal bones - the temporal bones - and the frontal bones. Internal bones: the sphenoid bone and the ethmoid bone.
Fibula
Bones of the cranium
Parietal Bones
Calcitonin
5. Bones of the forelimb that lie between the carpals and phalanges of quadrupeds.
Bone Marrow
Metacarpal Bones
Appendicular Skeleton
Pubis
6. One of the three ossicles in the middle ear; also called the hammer - this bone is the outermost of the three ossicles and is attached to the tympanic membrane.
Sphenoid Sinus
Bones of the cranium
Malleus
Lumbar Vertebrae
7. The long bone of the thigh region; it forms the hip joint with the pelvis at its proximal end and the stifle joint with the tibia at its distal end.
Ossicles
Transverse Processes
Femur
Sacroiliac Joint
8. One of the two bones (with the ulna) that form the antebrachium - or forearm; usually the main weightbearing bone.
Radius
Digit
Lacrimal Bones
Cartilaginous Joints
9. Large process of the fibular tarsal bone that projects upward and backward; commonly referred to as the point of the hock. Site of attachment of the gastrocnemius (calf) muscle and equivalent to the human heel.
Nutrient Foramen
Osteocytes
Calcaneal Tuberosity
Ossification
10. The fibrous membrane that covers the outsides of bones except for their articular surfaces.
Flat Bone
Periosteum
Maxillary Bones
Zygomatic Arches
11. The bony roof of the mouth; the division between the mouth and the nasal cavity. Made up of portions of the maxillary and palatine bones.
Abduction
Sternebra
Vomer Bone
Hard Palate
12. The junction between two bones; can be completely immovable (fibrous) - slightly movable (cartilaginous) or freely movable (synovial).
Radius
Bones of the cranium
Joint
Vertebra
13. The cells that produce bone.
Extension
Osteoblasts
Ligament
Intramembranous Bone Formation
14. A bone of the sternum.
Sacrum
Hard Palate
Sternebra
Nasal Septum
15. Bony arches below and behind the eyes of common domestic animals; in dogs and cats they form the widest part of the skull. Made up of the rostral - facing zygomatic process of the temporal bone joined with the caudal - facing temporal process of the
Zygomatic Arches
Pelvis
Fabellae
Foramen
16. Another term for the diaphysis of a long bone.
Lacunae
Shaft
Osteocytes
Ligament
17. The most caudal rib or two in the rib cage; a rib whose costal cartilage does not unite with anything but rather ends in the muscle of the thoracic wall.
Floating Rib
Zygomatic Arches
Haversian Canal
Pubis
18. An immovable fibrous joint - such as the suture that unites most of the skull bones.
Synarthrosis
Carpal Bones
Flexion
Arthrodial Joint
19. The process on the distal end of the distal phalanx of dogs and cats that is surrounded by the claw in the living animal.
Ungual Process
Tibial Crest
Sphenoid Bone
Mandibular Symphysis
20. The healing tissue between the ends of a fractured bone that is eventually replaced by true bone as the fracture heals.
Fibula
Paranasal Sinus
Callus
Hard Palate
21. The smooth joint surface of a bone that contacts another bone in a synovial joint.
Ulna
Tibial Crest
Extension
Articular Surface
22. The distal sesamoid bone of the horse; located deep in the hoof behind the joint between the middle and distal phalanges.
Epiphysis
Mandible
Arthrodial Joint
Navicular Bone
23. Rib whose costal cartilage directly joins the sternum.
Sutures
Xiphoid
Ligament
Sternal Ribs
24. The most cranial of the three pairs of bones that make up the pelvis; it forms the sacroiliac joint with the sacrum.
Ilium
Interparietal Bones
Joint Capsule
Zygomatic Bones
25. The second cervical vertebra; it forms the atlantoaxial joint with the first cervical vertebra - the atlas.
Stapes
Axis
Ungual Process
Amphiarthroses
26. A depressed or sunken area on the surface of a bone; usually occupied by muscles or tendons.
Meniscus
Articular Cartilage
Foramen
Fossa
27. A skull bone that is one of the internal bones of the face; forms part of the nasal septum.
Sacrum
Vomer Bone
Hard Palate
Synarthrosis
28. The collective name for 37-38 bones of the head; it houses the brain and all the special sense organs.
Intramembranous Bone Formation
Os Cordis
Skull
Atlas
29. A band of fibrous connective tissue that is present in and around many synovial joints; connect the bones of the joint to each other.
Foramen Magnum
Hyoid Bone
Ligament
Cannon Bone
30. The bones of the neck portion of the spinal column.
Mandibular Symphysis
Secondary Growth Center
Cervical Vertebrae
Sphenoid Sinus
31. Mature bone cells located in lacunae.
Digit
Thoracic Vertebrae
Maxillary Bones
Osteocytes
32. The hormone secreted by the parathyroid gland that prevents the level of calcium in the blood from getting too low.
Parathyroid Hormone
Bones of the face
Diaphysis
Gliding Joint
33. A lateral - projecting process of a vertebra.
Ilium
Pelvis
Rotation
Transverse Processes
34. The bones of the carpus; consist of two parallel rows of short bones located between the distal ends of the radius and ulna and the proximal ends of the metacarpal bones.
Spheroidal Joint
Sternum
Bone Cortex
Carpal Bones
35. The fibrous membrane that lines the hollow interiors of bones.
Endosteum
Bones of the cranium
Navicular Bone
Periosteum
36. The joint between the pelvis and the sacrum that joins the pelvic limb to the axial skeleton.
Hyoid Bone
Articular Process
Sacroiliac Joint
Frontal Sinus
37. A skull bone that is one of the external bones of the cranium; the caudal - most bone of the skull that forms the atlanto - occipital joint with the first cervical vertebra through the occipital condyles. The large foramen magnum in the occipital bon
Hock
Spinous Process
Ilium
Occipital Bone
38. A hole in the bone.
Flat Bone
Xiphoid
Asternal Ribs
Foramen
39. A skull bone; an internal bone of the cranium. This single bone is located just rostral to the sphenoid bone and contains the cribriform plate.
Arthrodial Joint
Ethmoid Bone
Zygomatic Arches
Amphiarthroses
40. The smallest and most medial of the three pairs of bones that make up the pelvis; forms the cranial portion of the floor of the pelvis.
Pubis
Fetlock Joint
Spinous Process
Lacunae
41. A toe that does not reach the ground - such as the first digit of dogs and cats and the rudimentary medial and lateral toes of cattle.
Sacral Vertebrae
Dewclaw
Brachium
Meniscus
42. Another name for a pivot joint; one bone pivots on another in a rotary motion. The only true pivot joint is the atlantoaxial joint.
Skull
Fibula
Olecranon Process
Trochoid Joint
43. Process on the cranial end of the second cervical vertebra (axis) that fits into the caudal end of the first cervical vertebra (atlas).
Ginglymus Joint
Dens
Growth Plate
Fibrous Joint
44. The paranasal sinus in the ethmoid bone of horses and humans.
Intervertebral Disk
Yellow Bone Marrow
Digit
Ethmoid Sinus
45. An immovable joint; also known as a synarthrosis. The bones are firmly united by fibrous tissue; includes the sutures between the skull bones.
Ischium
Ligament
Pterygoid Bones
Fibrous Joint
46. A joint motion whereby the distal end of an extremity moves in a circle.
Fibrous Joint
Synovial Fluid
Intervertebral Disk
Circumduction
47. The hormone secreted by the thyroid gland that prevents the level of caclium in the blood from getting too high.
Pelvic Limb
Calcitonin
Intervertebral Disk
Endochondral Bone Formation
48. One of countless tiny channels through the matrix of bone that bring blood in from the periosteum to the haversian canals in the centers of the haversian systems. The haversian systems run lengthwise in long bones while these canals come in at right
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49. Skull bones that are external bones of the face; form a portion of the orbit of the ey and the rostral portion of the zygomatic arch.
Spheroidal Joint
Amphiarthroses
Frontal Sinus
Zygomatic Bones
50. The kneecap; the largest sesamoid bone in the body; located on the front surface of the stifle joint in the tendon of the large quadriceps femoris muscle. It rides in the trochlea of the femur.
Hard Palate
Patella
Manubrium
Synarthrosis